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The first failure might be my spelling of the title,however..............
Garlic was a winner(I did think they were a tad small,but same size as in shops)
Peas were ok,poor germination possibly because the seeds are about 3 years old(memo to self,stop being so tight,buy some new ones)
Carrots were my best for years,no maggots,a few are forked,but good size and most importantly tasty.
Beans,only grew dwarf french and not yet harvested.
Tatties are , well a bit dissapointing,good crop,but tasteless.Moulin Rouge were not too bad,Harlequin were poor,Anya a bit better and the Pink Fir Apples are still in the ground.
Onions were really poor on size,though again the ones in the shops aren't much bigger,tasty though,raw with sliced fresh picked tomato and freshly ground black pepper on homemade bread.
Tomatoes are still going strong,cherry ones very sweet,golden are a change,never grown before(don't know the variety received from a neighbour under our bartering scheme).
Salads have all done well,though the "golf ball" sized radish were not anything like the golf ball size I've seen before,tasty though.
Grew no Brassica's as I'm not able to control the cabbage white butterflies predation whilst I'm still working full time,plan to try again with fleece next year.
Rhubarb started off really badly after being moved in the winter,went to seed and I had no early crop at all.Now it's going like trifids,loads of the stuff.
That's about it this year,still not got my polytunnel,but hope to get it up and running for next year.
How have/are you doing?
Forgot about my Watercress,now that was tasty and now I know a bit about how it grows that's a definate for next year.
Garlic was a winner(I did think they were a tad small,but same size as in shops)
Peas were ok,poor germination possibly because the seeds are about 3 years old(memo to self,stop being so tight,buy some new ones)
Carrots were my best for years,no maggots,a few are forked,but good size and most importantly tasty.
Beans,only grew dwarf french and not yet harvested.
Tatties are , well a bit dissapointing,good crop,but tasteless.Moulin Rouge were not too bad,Harlequin were poor,Anya a bit better and the Pink Fir Apples are still in the ground.
Onions were really poor on size,though again the ones in the shops aren't much bigger,tasty though,raw with sliced fresh picked tomato and freshly ground black pepper on homemade bread.
Tomatoes are still going strong,cherry ones very sweet,golden are a change,never grown before(don't know the variety received from a neighbour under our bartering scheme).
Salads have all done well,though the "golf ball" sized radish were not anything like the golf ball size I've seen before,tasty though.
Grew no Brassica's as I'm not able to control the cabbage white butterflies predation whilst I'm still working full time,plan to try again with fleece next year.
Rhubarb started off really badly after being moved in the winter,went to seed and I had no early crop at all.Now it's going like trifids,loads of the stuff.
That's about it this year,still not got my polytunnel,but hope to get it up and running for next year.
How have/are you doing?
Forgot about my Watercress,now that was tasty and now I know a bit about how it grows that's a definate for next year.
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